1. Warm Up What comes to mind when you hear the word “rebirth”?
ACT word: disobedient (adj.) Neglecting or refusing to obey. 

2. EQ
How did the Renaissance impact Europe?

3. Objective
SWBAT explain the impact the Renaissance had on philosophy and art

4. Who remembers where cities first grew?

5. Introduction: please note anything you see that is familiar

6. What does the Renaissance mean?
Rebirth! of Greek and Roman Culture!
What does the Renaissance mean?
Where did the Renaissance start?
Florence, Italy
Merchants became wealthy trading goods from Asia
Middle class emerged

7. What were the major Renaissance ideas?
Humanism: belief in individual achievement; contradicted the philosophy of the Church that individuality and achievement in this life were unimportant
Encouraged studying

8. What is a Renaissance Man?
A man who is good at everything; very intelligent and skilled.
Most famous:
Leonardo da Vinci
Michelangelo
Raphael
Donatello

9. What was the Renaissance like?
Use pages to complete your chart.

10. When you think of the Renaissance..
Think of YOLO (you only live once)
People began to focus on the here and now instead of what would happen when they died. This is called humanism: embracing and celebrating an individual’s achievements now.
Humans are limitless!

11. Renaissance artwork
As we look through the art write out something you notice, and a similarity or difference to the artwork from the middle ages.

12. Image from Hagia Sophia, Byzantine Empire—early middle ages

13. Leonardo da Vinci
‘Mona Lisa’

14. How are they different?
Middle Ages Art
Renaissance Art

15. Let’s look at another one

16. Justinian and His attendants atop a church in Byzantine Empires.
What do the faces look like in the artwork of this time period?

17. Leonardo da Vinci
‘the Last Supper’

18. How are they different? Which is Medieval? Which is Renaissance?

20. Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel; “Adam and God”

21. What does this image symbolize
What does this image symbolize? What does it say about the shift in thinking as man entered the Renaissance?

22. Renaissance Art Characteristics of Renaissance Art:
Moves towards a more realistic portrayals of people and other subjects
Influence of Classical Greece and Rome
Value of the individual
Renaissance art is still some of the most recognizable artwork ever created.

23. Michelangelo
‘Pieta’

24. Architecture goes from ….
Gothic Style
Domes
Medieval
Renaissance

25. Video

26. Quick Write
Would you rather live during the Middle Ages or the Renaissance? What influenced your decision?
 one page response